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F. B. MALLORY.

GURTAIN FIXTURE.

No. 277,760. Patented May 15,1883. Z251. W

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK B. MALLORY, 0F NEW YORKN. Y.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,760, dated May 15,1883.

Application tiled December 6,1892. (No model.) f

To all whom it may concern: f

Be it known that I, FRANK B. MALLQRY, ot' the city of New York, in thecounty and State ot' New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvementin Curtain-Fixtures, ot' which the followingl is a specification.

My invention relates tocnrtains--snch as are used in open railway-carsand other places-iu which the two sides or edges of the curtain areprovided with slides which work upon guides secured to the frame of theopening, and thereby hold the opposite edges of the onrtain in a verysecure manner.

The invention consists in the combination, with a frame provided onopposite sides with guides, and a curtain provided with slides fittingsaid guides, of guards ofapproximately circular form, which receive theedge portions of the curtain in them as the curtain is rolled andunrolled, and which have downwardlytapering throats, into which theupper ends of the guides project, and which direct the slides iusuccession onto the guides asthe curtain is drawn down. l

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a :l'ront elevationotl a frame and a curtain and appurtenances embodying my invention, thecurtain heilig partly raised. Fig. 2 represents a vertical sectionthereof", and Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section.

Similar letters ot' reference designate corresponding parts in all theiigures.

A A designate the side portions ot' a frame, the opening through whichis closed by a cur tain, B,which may he of any suitable material. Thecurtain B is secured at its upper end to a roller, B', which may heactuated by a spring to wind or roll up the curtain, and the said rolleris adapted to turn in bearin gs a., attached to the side pieces, A.

At each end of the roller B there is a guard, C, attached to the side A.Ilhese guards are approximately circular in form and cover the edges otthe curtain. At their lower sides they have downwardly-tapering throatsU.

To the sides A ot' the frame are securely tixed guides l), which areshown as ot' T-shaped transverse section, and E designate l'orkedslides, which are secured in any suitable manner to the edges ot' thecurtain, and the sides ot' which are bentinward,so as to embrace thehead ot the guidesv D. 4The sides of these forked slides are t'arenoughapart to pass over the web or thin portion ot' the guides behind thehead, and the slides are adapted to work freely up and down on theguides. The upper ends ot' the guides D enter the tapering throats C ofthe guards G, and when the curtain is pulled down these throats directthe slides upon the guides, the upper ends of' the latter being taperedto facilitate the passage ot' the slides over them.

F designates a cord attached to the curtain 4 B and preventing itsflying up out ot' reach.

AI am aware that it is common to provide window and other curtains withslides at their edges, and to secure guides to the window frame orcasing in which these slides work,

and hence l do not claim suoli a combination, broadly. y

What I claim as' my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination, with a frame provided on opposite sides with guides,and a curtainprovided with slides fitting' said guides, of guards ofapproximately circular form, which receive the edge portions of thecurtain in them as the curtain is rolled and unrolled, and which havedownwardly-tapering throats, into which the upper ends of the guidesproject, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

F. B. MALLORY.

Witnesses ED. L. MoRAN, T. J. KEANE..

